STiKMAN'S WEBLOG

2008-04-29T00:58:00.000+10:00

soon!

2008-01-02T18:17:00.000+11:00

Happy New Year!

Review
CAB: Collaborative Auto-Biography was reviewed in InkSpot #53 awhile back, but I've only just found out! It's a bit of a (pleasant) surprise to me because I've consciously avoided pursuing reviews with this graphic novel given the content's intimate character. WOO!

* Read the review
* Download InkSpot #53

Nakedfella #9
I appear in the latest edition of multi-media-magician David Blumenstein's hilarious comics anthology, Nakedfella, alongside mrtang and David Hasselhoff. Way to go, Mr. B!

2007-12-24T20:18:00.000+11:00

2007-11-21T21:01:00.001+11:00

YMI magazine

Hi there! I have three full page illustrations in the latest YMI magazine for an article called "10 Vegetatian Grills - The Vegetarian Fights back". Magazines are now available in major newsagents and Borders.

2007-09-24T23:38:00.000+10:00

TiNA Zine and Independent Press Fair

When: Sun 30 Sept 2007 12:00:00 - 18:00:00 | Where: Civic Park, Newcastle

I always have a good time here, so I hope to see you there too!

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Verge Arts Festival

2007-09-08T12:15:00.000+10:00

Art Shows and Markets

I'll have artwork exhibited and books and prints available for purchase at the following events -

2007-08-18T00:54:00.000+10:00

SMASH!

My comics and prints will be available today at the SMASH! Anime and Manga convention from Table 5 in the Artists' Circle.

2007-07-25T01:00:00.000+10:00

Signing at Impact Comics, Canberra

See you there!

2007-07-21T13:51:00.000+10:00

Square One Art Auction

My "Swing Girl" print and the original art for my "Five Frogs" illustration will be exhibited and auctioned.

2007-07-04T01:52:00.000+10:00

Silent Riot

I'll have a new illustration series of A1 prints exhibited and available for sale this Saturday at the 'Silent Riot' art event at the Abercrombie, Sydney.
m.

2007-06-11T21:14:00.000+10:00

SWING GIRL PRINTS

My very first prints are available for purchase via my online store.
Price: Australia - $30 AUD inside ; International - $40 AUD.
Specs: Rives Design Bright White Card Stock - 350 gsm - Full Colour Offset Lithograph Print - A3

CAB IN QUEENSLAND
I've just sent off copies of "CAB: Collaborative Auto-Biography" to Ace Comics, Queensland, so they should be ready for sale by now.

2007-05-19T22:53:00.000+10:00

UPCOMING EVENTS -

FAIRFIELD CITY WRITERS' FESTIVAL '07 - AUTHOR'S FORUM
I'll be speaking in the writers' forum alongside CAB contributor Haline Ly. The talk also happens to occur in Whitlam Library - one of the locations spotlighted in David Tang's contribution to the graphic novel. You can check out the library and a map on the tour page of the CAB website.

When: SAT JUN 2nd 1.30-4pm

Where: Whitlam Library, Cnr McBurney Road & Railway Pde, Cabramatta

SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL ZINE FAIR

CAB will be available at this exciting new zine fair from the Hayase table, courtesy of Komala Singh and Katie Huang.

When: SAT JUN 2nd Noon-5pm.

Where: Pier 2/3.

HOPE STREET MARKETS

I'll be on hand at the first ever Hope Street Markets to sell my range of comic books ('CAB', 'Happy Birthday, Anyway' and 'Bloom'). To mark the new addition to Sydney's designer market scene, there is a special launch night as well. The event also hopes (*fingers crossed*) to see the introduction of my first ever prints.

2007-05-05T03:16:00.000+10:00

AVAILABILITY & STOCKIST INFO

Kings Comics
310 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW

Platform/Sticky
Degraves Subway
Shop 10
Campbell Arcade
Melbourne VIC

Webstore

2007-04-20T23:57:00.000+10:00

I'm selling at a stall tomorrow at the smART arts festival. There'll be bands, bellydancers, skateboard art, a live mural, workshops and ME!!! See you there!

2007-04-13T23:19:00.000+10:00

AVAILABILITY

Brisbane Supanova Convention
APR 13-15
RNA Showgrounds
Gregory Terrace

See Mark Selan at the Team Radelaide
stand in Artist's Alley.

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STOCKISTS

Kings Comics
310 Pitt St
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph : 02 9267 5615

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Web Store

2007-03-06T00:57:00.000+11:00

Launch Party and Exhibition Invitation

Hope to see you there! Tell the world =)

2007-01-14T23:01:00.000+11:00

CAB update - 'Tour' and 'Mailing list'

This really great thing happened to me in 1991 when I was in Mr Z's class. Mr Z's philosophy on education was that classes should be taught in song, so he always had an acoustic guitar around and we had class singalongs. Sounds great, but his repertoire of songs appropriate for 6 year olds was limited to a rotation between BOTH the Iron Man and Incredible Hulk cartoon show theme song.

Anyway, it was in Mr Z's classroom that I fortunately became buds with the 'new kid' who would one day emerge as a computer extraordinaire! I've cultivated (some say exploited - potato, potato) his genius and threw it up on the internet where he built a Google maps platform acting as virtual tour of Cabramatta & Canley Vale! There's seven locations up right now, but more to come in a month or so. Dial-uppers and Internet Explorerers - I'm guessing it might be a bit slow for you. Broadband Mozilla users - bless your pretty hearts.

'New kid' also built me a mailing list. It's my first ever, so be sure to sign up so I can say 'hi' to you in e-mail form. There'll mostly be process updates on the CAB project, links, showcases and witty musings of my favourite things and plenty of big-upping myself, but, really, who knows? I might be sending you bbq invitations, video links, beat poetry or pizza hut coupons. I'm a wildcard. If you have any ideas, let me know.

Head over to my website for both. Thanks, 'new kid'!

STiK

2006-12-18T00:04:00.000+11:00

Website overhaul

Lately, I have been spending a tremendous amount of time and cost and effort and sweat and tears redoing MY WEBSITE and the CAB* promotional website, so please take a look!

It is an unusual looking website for me - way more text heavy than usual and, like my face, it features frames - but the biggest new feature is the CAB information pages, which features HEAPS of info and even a process page. Other new stuff includes all of The Bull comics collected in one spot, the entire Triptych illustration series in one spot, some additions to the comics and illo sections and Bloom is available in the online store. There's also heaps and heaps of links (to friends, strangers, superstars and myself. Lots to myself).

Not everything is up, not even the most exciting parts, which in my mind is CAB's 'tour' section. The 'tour' section really was the whole reason for the redesign in my mind. Stay tuned! There's also lots of links.

Please don't be shy about sticking it to me to know if anything's wrong with the site, if there's anything missing, what you'd like to see on it, etc. I'd dread to work substantially longer on the website, but I'll definitely do what I can!

Now to get some real work done.
m.

*CAB is going slowly, but surely, thanks for asking! If you haven't participated yet, I'm still looking far and wide for your autobiographical stories set in Cabramatta/Canley Vale, so please contact me .

2006-10-23T00:36:00.000+10:00

This is an event I've been involved in for awhile now, so it's exciting to finally see it coming closer into fruition. I've been collaborating in a small, talented group with a composer and poet to create a visual/aural/literary work for performance at a concert at the end of November.

Of course, you're invited!

Triptych'06
What: A FREE unique hybrid performance concert event showcasing the talents of 9 young composers, 9 young poets and 9 young visual artists (all under the age of 30 and all based in Sydney, NSW), collaborating to create 9 original, exciting and adventurous works.
When: 7:30pm, Wed 29th November 2006
Where: Sir John Clancy Auditorium
Gate 9, High Street,
University of NSW, Kensington
Web: www.triptychvibes.com

See you there!
m.

2006-10-13T02:06:00.000+10:00

weAREtheIMAGEmakers

My "swing girl" image is featured in the gallery of the new weAREtheIMAGEmakers #06 online mag.

m.

2006-09-25T01:12:00.000+10:00

Newcastle Zine Fair & Voiceworks #66

* I'll be in Newcastle this Sunday for the annual National Young Writer's Festival Zine Fair. It's fantastic fun and something I always look forward to, so please make the trek down!
What: This Is Not Art NYWF Zine Fair
When: 12 – 5pm Sunday 01 October 2006
Where: Auckland St, Newcastle. btwn King & Hunter Sts.

* Voiceworks #66 should be out in specialty bookstores and I was surprised to find that I'm featured in it! It's a particularly gorgeous issue with full colour spreads and more comics and comickers than usual, including David Blumenstein and Ben Cee who also did the stunning cover art.

m.

2006-09-18T20:37:00.000+10:00

Verge Arts Festival Zine Fair
Where - Manning Forecourt, University of Sydney
When - 10.30am - 4pm, Wednesday 20 September

Hi everyone, don't forget to come and smile and keep me company! I'll be there with all the wares above, which includes work from myself, Mark Selan, David Tang, Marcelo Baez and I think there's a good chance Katie Huang will be there with her Generation books too. I think this is my CAB comic anthology's first public outing too, uh-oh!

m.

2006-09-10T17:15:00.000+10:00

weAREtheIMAGEmakers

My lovestruck mexican wrestlers illustration has been featured in the gallery of the latest #05 of weAREtheIMAGEmakers digital magazine.

Also, a reminder that I'll be appearing at Usyd's Verge Arts Festival Zine Fair on the 20th of September with copies of CAB, Bloom and Happy Birthday, Anyway for sale, as well as a range of work from other local comic creators including Katie Huang, David Tang, Marcelo Baez, Komala Singh and Mark Selan.

m.

2006-08-18T00:54:00.000+10:00

'Dissent' - University of Sydney Law Society Social Justice Journal
'Blind Shots', my 8 page 24 hour comic, features in Dissent. Dissent is a social justice journal collecting essays, articles, photo essays and poetry from the University of Sydney student body.

My entry was fortunate enough to be awarded as the best contribution, yay!

m.

2006-08-18T00:50:00.000+10:00

Challengers of the Month

I feature in MakepeaceMedia's 'Challengers of the Month' anthology comic book with my 2 page comic.

m.

2006-08-04T09:49:00.000+10:00

Ledger Award

I've won Best Small Press Title of the Year at this year's Ledger Awards for Australian Comics for Happy Birthday, Anyway. Thanks to all the judges and congratulations to the diverse range of nominated and winning homegrown talent.

I was also won bronze for Best Artist and Best Writer.

m.

2006-06-16T14:03:00.000+10:00

24 hour comic aftermath
My contribution this year was an 8 page comic called "Blind Shots". Check it out at the Pulp Faction Forums.

A tightened version complete (I fixed words and greytones, etc.) is also available for viewing at my sketchblog.

m.

2006-05-30T15:09:00.000+10:00

Push My Image

Heartfelt thanks to everyone who took the time to vote for me in the "Push My Image" design competition - I won! Yay!

m.

2006-04-27T11:32:00.000+10:00

Newsarama Reviews 'Happy Birthday, Anyway'

It's true!

m.

2006-04-19T01:08:00.000+10:00

New Review
SilverBulletComics have reviewed "Happy Birthday, Anyway" and you can read all about it here!

m.

2006-04-03T23:56:00.000+10:00

Web plugs
My work's been recently showcased at a couple proudly local design websites -

Happy Belli - is a blog with very fine taste in illustrators, designers and other creative types. "Happy Belli is based on the happy feeling you get when your tummy is full! It’s just a way of us bottling all the good sites we like." You and me both!

Via Alley - is an online store and network specialising in imported designer goods, including a few of my favourite illustrators! They're opening a new store very soon in Darlinghurst, Sydney - YES!

m.

2006-03-30T16:21:00.000+11:00

The Invisible Reading Room
"Happy Birthday, Anyway" was part of The Invisible Inc's Reading Room project as part of Melbourne's Next Wave Festival in March 2006.

m.

2006-03-26T18:04:00.000+11:00

Inaugural 'The Bull' Comic Strip series
I'm doing the first comic strip to appear in the University of Sydney's weekly publication, the Bull. It's full colour and on glossy paper, bigger than your average strip, and full of crazy comicky experimentation so please check out my foray into comic strips! Here's the first one (distributed on 20th March 2006) for your viewing pleasure!

Fairfield Champion
Catch me looking all polite and well-mannered in this week's Fairfield Champion's coverage of my Youth Week 2006 Poster win. Bam!

That's all for now!
m.

2006-03-05T00:21:00.000+11:00

For Sale: 'Lost Baggage' Zines

The last few copies of "Lost Baggage", my latest zine reproducing my travel sketchbook, are for sale.

Specs:
48 pages black and white interiors on 50 gsm bond (hawt!)
Black card and plastic cover - 2x 'sunburst', 10 x yellow and 8 x red
Features sketches, writing, short comics and commentary printed from my US travel sketchbook at a 1:1 scale
Personalised forewards to the reader
Signed and numbered to a strictly limited 20 copies
Price - $20

Please reply here or e-mail me if you are interested to reserve your copy and to send along your contacts.

Payment accepted via paypal (just go here and put it down as $20 worth of 'Happy Birthday, Anyway' books. That's 4 copies, maths-heads!), money order, cheque or well concealed cash.

STiK

2006-03-04T00:02:00.000+11:00

Youth Week 2006 Poster

I return! Check out my Youth Week 2006 Poster soon to be hitting across NSW here.

STiK

2006-01-21T13:01:00.000+11:00

Hiatus
I'm going away for a bit, so regular programming will resume in about a month. In the meantime, please be patient with responses to e-mails and be aware of expected delays with shipping of the "Happy Birthday, Anyway" comic book if ordering from the online store.

Thanks for your understanding, internets!

STiK

2006-01-16T11:05:00.000+11:00

"Sky is Falling" Comic Art Exhibition

I'll be part of this upcoming group exhibition at the Mars Hill Cafe. I'll have a single sequential, black and white, A3 sized page for display and sale, called "Shadows". Here's the exhibition details:

What: "Sky is Falling" Comic Art Exhibition
When: January 18 to March 18 2006
Where: Mars Hill Cafe - 331 Church Street, Parramatta
Who: The Hayase Comics Group
Why: I'm in it! ME! And many other talented local comickers with paintings, prints and original artwork to share.
How: With style!

STiK

2006-01-16T02:02:00.000+11:00

STiKMAN'S Comic Book Workshop Festival of Fun

Hello casual reader! DID YOU KNOW that I, Matt 'STiKMAN' Huynh, will be presenting and teaching my lessons in comicking in workshop format? Well, of course! I suppose you must've also known these details:

Where: Auburn Library, Civic Centre, 1 Susan St, Auburn.
When: 2:30-4:30pm Tuesday, 17th January 2006.
Who: Awww, now you're just being silly!

There's a maximum number of participants of 20, so hurry to fill these hot, limited spaces!

See you there,
STiK!

2005-12-17T21:20:00.000+11:00

Happy Holidays!

Have a good one, folks!

STiK

2005-12-04T14:36:00.000+11:00

Review - "Happy Birthday, Anyway"

Hoorah! I've recently been reviewed by Logan Polk at Comic Book Galaxy.

STiK

2005-11-25T02:06:00.000+11:00

Sarcasma'am and Apathy Guy Fight the Unfindlings from Outer Space
Sarcasma'am and Apathy Guy Fight the Unfindlings from Outer Space is completed and ready to be read by YOU over at my webcomicsnation account.

Alien zombie octopi, capes, masks, love, motorcycle handlebar moustaches, transforming robots, ray guns. ROCK.

STiK.

2005-11-06T11:22:00.000+11:00

'Happy Birthday, Anyway' review

Don MacPherson from the Fourth Rail named 'Happy Birthday, Anyway' the best of the week!

Nice!

STiK

2005-10-23T03:03:00.000+10:00

Happy Birthday, Anyway Stockists

The following stockists are selling Happy Birthday, Anyway, you lucky Sydney-sider, you!

- Stereohaus
- Kings Comics
- Comic Kingdom
- Cofa Art Store

And also my webstore, but you knew that already.

I also had the opportunity to pass on a stack of books to Gavin and Emma at PhaseTwoComics, so it should also be available there soon for web distribution. More to come, hopefully!

Also, my website's homepage is now accessible via www.stikmancomics.com so all you guys with poor memories no longer have any excuse to sporadically visit my website!

STiK

2005-10-14T00:56:00.000+10:00

Supanova Convention 2005

I'll be exhibiting at the Happy Platinum Kitty Mourning Circle booth at Supanova from Friday 14th Oct until Sunday 16th October! I'll have the new book, Happy Birthday, Anyway for sale and a smile on my face, so please come and say hi or just throw money at me. Either way.

STiK

2005-10-09T23:28:00.000+10:00

Website Update
I've updated my website! It has a new look an tons of new content, including an online store (you can buy the new book now! WOO!) and pages about the new comic book, Happy Birthday, Anyway. Check it out!

Thanks to all who supported the new release at the launch and at TiNA.

STiK

2005-09-24T23:40:00.000+10:00

Happy Birthday, Anyway Comic Book Launch

Please attend and call everyone you know, I'd appreciate it! It's going to be FUN!

Where
Isabel Fidler Room
Manning Bar
University of Sydney
Camperdown Campus

When
Thurs OCT 6th 2005
6pm-8pm

Why
Free stuff for attendees, including the book! Also, original art will be exhibited.

What
Happy Birthday, Anyway is the 52 page comic book from myself, following two ordinary students from Sydney's suburbia for a single day and night in anticipation of the arrival of a common friend's birthday.

See you there!
STiK

2005-09-18T23:24:00.000+10:00

Happy Birthday, Anyway

GUFFAW! My chunkiest comic since Bloom, "Happy Birthday, Anyway", is at the printers and primed for an October release. Please hit the front page of my website for the front cover!

"Happy Birthday, Anyway" is a 52 page black and white A5 comic book following two students for a day and a night in anticipation of a common friend's birthday party.

My intention with the project was to explore modern lifestyles and relationships in a manner more honest than commonly found in mainstream media, whilst continuing to experiment with the comic medium's form and conventions. That, and have fun.

Convention Season
As the convention season moves into full swing, I will be at:
* TiNA
* Imaginary Worlds Symposium: image & space
* Supanova

although, I may have material at Manifest and Animania also.

Come say 'hi'? okthanksseeyouthere!

My Next Project...
...will be (another) experimental comic called "Sarcasma'am and Apathy Guy Fight The Unfindlings from Outer Space." FACT.

STiK

2005-09-02T00:16:00.000+10:00

Generation 2005
Australia's raddest local manga anthology has released just its second annual issue!

Featured alongside the finest bunch of upstarts in the local scene is my six page collaboration with David Tang and Eugenia Yuen, "Sealed." I'm rather proud of it, so check it out!

More info about Generation 2005 can be found here.

STiK

2005-07-14T13:27:00.000+10:00

Making More Noise

I've been selected as Noise's Artist of the Day for July 16th, which means I will be featured on its splash page from that day onwards!

WOO! Good on me!

STiK

2005-07-14T00:26:00.000+10:00

New Noise

I've been added to the Noise youth arts website; showcasing my work on Mooquack.

STiK

2005-06-10T23:13:00.000+10:00

24 Hour Comic

It's that time of the year again!

Tomorrow, I'll be participating in the masochistic marathon that is the third annual 24 Hour Ozcomics Challenge.

To find out more about the event or register to participate yourself, go visit the 24 Hour Ozcomics website!

To watch the progress of participating creators, visit the Pulp Faction forums!

Hoohah!
STiK

2005-04-11T12:58:00.000+10:00

Getting Graphic Comics Workshop

I'll be teaching a comics workshop at Whitlam Library in Cabramatta in...ONE HOUR! So, be impulsive and say hi! You just might learn something. Topics I'm covering include the definition of comics and how to create, publish and distribute your work.

Youth X Festival 2005
On Saturday, April 9th, (Whilst the rest of the comics community was either at Supanova Brisbane or maybe the Alternative Press Expo) I was at the Canterbury Council Youth X Festival peddling my old, familiar wares and some new handmade tape wallets! Some rather rad activities this year, including a mural being spraypainted on the park grounds through the day!

STiK

2005-03-17T23:05:00.000+11:00

A View From Over The Edge

Jason Berek-Lewis' "A View From Over The Edge" column over at Comic Nexus features an interview with myself concerning the 2005 Ledger Awards.

STiK

2005-03-10T22:44:00.000+11:00

Fairfield Champion Reader of the Week
I was featured in this week's Fairfield Champion newspaper as reader of the week, which essentially means there's a colour section in the paper with a Q&A style interview with me!

STiK

2005-03-07T14:44:00.001+11:00

Youth X Festival

I'll be selling comics and the usual once again at...

Youth X Festival
Sat 9th APR 2005
Anzac Park, Campsie
11.00am-4.00pm

Come say 'hi' or purchase commodities from me! Perhaps both!

STiK

2005-02-26T20:36:00.000+11:00

Social Pest

This very website got a mention from the good lookin' folks at Social Pest!

Check out their site for a new forum and news from the world of design.

STiK

2005-02-14T02:57:00.000+11:00

ShockHorror! Resurrected website! Deceased e-mail account!

My website has not only been updated, it's been revamped! Go check out it's sexy new look right now!

Also, please take note that my stikman@comicbooks.net email account has folded and a new contact is available!

STiK

2005-01-29T01:07:00.000+11:00

You better recognise!

I was nominated for 2 awards for the 2005 Ledger Awards - NEW TALENT DESERVING WIDER RECOGNITION and COVER ARTIST OF THE YEAR (for Domino Joe and Bloom) and the results are in! I won the new talent deserving wider recognition title! So recognise, already!

Thanks to all the support, all who voted and Gary Chaloner for organising the awards.

STiK

2005-01-21T23:23:00.000+11:00

Fairfield Champion: 19th January 2005
I was featured in an article by this local newspaper concerning the 100 Journals Project that I participated in. Get a set of cards by emailing your name and postage details to outreach@cabracc.org.au.

Bounce Magazine #2
Bounce Magazine has unleashed it's 2nd anthology into the world, at over a whopping 200 pages. It features the first 12 pages of Bloom, with the final 12 to appear in #3. Check out their website to order your very own copy.

2004-12-25T15:10:00.000+11:00

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY!

STiK

2004-11-23T14:36:00.000+11:00

100 Journals

2 of my works are featured in a postcard set for the 100 Journals Project!

They're square-umptious and also features the dazzling work of Mr Tang.

STiK

2004-11-03T13:11:00.002+11:00

Ledger Awards Benefit Calendars

My work is featured in a calendar available for sale!

There are 2 available calendars:

The White Calendar

Featuring: L.Frank Weber, Tonia Walden, Edward J. Grug III, Colin Wilson, Ben Templesmith, Doug Holgate, Andie Tong, Bodine Amerikah, Matt Huynh, Dillon Naylor, Steven Griffin & Shane Foley.

The Black Calendar

Featuring: Stewart Mckenny, Ashley Wood, Craig Phillips, Eddie Campbell, Marcelo Baez, Jason Paulos, Tim McEwen, Gary Chaloner, Gary Lau, David Tang, Jason Badower & Chris Wahl.

With 11" x 17", full bleed dynamic color, 100 lb text weight high gloss paper and two dozen of Australia's finest comic artists for a feeble $19.99, you can't possibly go wrong! Buy now!

STiK

2004-10-23T23:36:00.000+10:00

FBi BiRTHDAY POSTER

My poster for FBi Radio's first birthday can now be found on their website.

STiK

2004-10-20T01:03:00.000+10:00

HALT MAGAZINE
Three of my pieces have been published in the latest Halt Magazine Street Press. Go grab yourself a free copy (Sydney people!) or subscribe from their website!

STiK

2004-10-13T18:46:00.000+10:00

INKSPOT
There is a review of BLOOM in #42 of Inkspot, the monthly publication from the Australian Cartoonists Association. Download the pdf here or order one from them!

STiK

2004-10-11T01:57:00.000+10:00

Ozcomics Magazine
My comic book, Bloom, is reviewed in #5 of Ozcomics Magazine!

Check it out at Kings Comics or order one!

STiK

2004-10-05T20:27:00.000+10:00

Moderntales Longplay

My 2004 24 hour comic, Chromosome Cool, is currently playing at subscription comic serial website, Moderntales Longplay. Check it out!

Also featured are 24 hour comics from Jase Harper, Doug Holgate and Alex Major. L.Frank Weber also has Crab Allan playing on Longplay Replay and Gary Chaloner's John Law is also serialised!

STiK

2004-10-02T13:48:00.000+10:00

National Young Writers' Festival

I'll be appearing at the Writer's Festival to sell BLOOM at the zine fair on Sunday October 3rd! Check out the website for more details!

STiK

2004-09-28T16:24:00.000+10:00

Knight-Edge #3

My pin-up is featured in the latest edition of Gary Lau's ninja comic, Knight-Edge #3!

STiK

2004-09-15T22:44:00.000+10:00

Permanent Damage
One of my images are in Steve Grant's Column again! Cool! It's Mooquack!

STiK

2004-09-09T19:46:00.000+10:00

Master of the Obvious Column
Steve Grant's Master of the Obvious Column at ComicBookResources.com features two of my images! One of VoodooBloom! The other? A hand with lipstick and eyes scrawled on it! Resistance is futile, go check it out!

STiK

2004-08-24T17:28:00.000+10:00

The Mind's Overflow

I've contributed a couple of spot illustrations to the Mind's Overflow magazine! Head over to their website to check out and/or order a copy of the mag, which also features goodness from writer extraordinaire, Christian Read.

STiK

2004-08-23T18:04:00.000+10:00

Bounce Magazine #1
Yours truly is featured in the first issue of Bounce Magazine! The featured comic is "Monster Mash," which is also on my site.

It's a worthwhile anthology to check out, with contributions from comic artists worldwide, including the talented Mr. Jase Harper. Some great talent in there and some particularly nice work...especially mine.

So go check it out!

STiKMAN

2004-08-19T23:14:00.000+10:00

EAT COMICS!

My short comic, "Snake Skins", is featured in the comic book anthology, "Eat Comics." It's a dark, true story based on the theme 'food', in which I collaborated with the talented Liz Argall! There is an online version of the anthology here. If you enjoy the online version, why not purchase a dead tree copy off the wonderful Tonia Walden ?

STiK

2004-08-08T23:33:00.000+10:00

BLOOM @ Manifest Melbourne Anime Festival 2004!

Copies of Bloom will be available at Manifest 2004 for sale at the Studio BiteMe table! So get your pants down there and support my work!

Other notable items from the Studio BiteMe table include David Tang's Knee Pockets #1 & #2, as well as fanart prints, zines, merchandise and calendars from Studio BiteMe themselves! Go now!

STiK

2004-07-30T20:17:00.000+10:00

Mondo Thingo
I was featured in the pop culture tv show, Mondo Thingo, this week. If you missed it, catch the online stream or read the transcript here!

STiK

2004-07-07T15:32:00.000+10:00

Chromosome Cool/Sharp Circles is a 24 hour comic challenge winner!

I've placed second in the 24 hour comic challenge. To view my winning entry, Chromosome Cool (or "Sharp Circles"...depending on who you believe...) go here.

Thanks for everyone who voted, you really love me! *snf*
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In other news, I'm a nominee for 'Best Artist' for the same comic!

STiK

2004-06-16T13:06:00.000+10:00

Fairfield Champion News Article

There's a big full-colour news article about your truly in the 9th June 2004 edition of the Fairfield Champion! Go admire me in all my newsprint glory today!

STiK

2004-06-14T14:16:00.000+10:00

...and the dust settles

The 24 hour comic challenge is over and it was painful, but very fun! Thanks to everyone for their support and to everyone who kept me company.

Head here for the result!

STiK

2004-06-11T19:39:00.000+10:00

24 hour comic challenge

I'll be participating in the 24 hour comic challenge once again! Last year, the result was "FLiCKERiNG ENDS," who knows what this year will result in!

Anyway, I'm joining some other talented creators in this event tomorrow and will hopefully start at 10:30am Saturday 12/06/04, so pray for me!

STiK

2004-06-02T22:10:00.000+10:00

Doodles

Here's a little something to whet your appetites! Train doodles! and Doodles I did in university lectures! Everybody loves them, don't they?

Werewolf delights await you here and here!

STiK

2004-06-02T19:37:00.000+10:00

24 hour comic

Yours truly will be participating in the Ozcomics 24 hr Challenge over the upcoming Queen's Birthday Long Weekend (June 12-14). For more details, check out this website, which incidentally features my spiffy 24hr clock as its background! Nice!

For all of you not in the know, the challenge is to create a complete 24 page comic in the space of 24 consequtive hours! It should be fun and the results should be...interesting!

STiK

P.S. Look below! I've finally figured out how to put coments on this blog! So go ahead, comment away!

2004-05-29T22:29:00.000+10:00

Comic Book availability!

Kings Comics now has copies of both BLOOM and DOMiNO JOE! So go there now for your dose of STiKMAN! Unfortunately, Little Sally is still unavailable as it's been sold out and I have no more. I suspect another print run is in order, but perhaps this time around, it'll be published with the pages I redid at a later stage and possible with an BEiNG, as a bonus 3 page story.

The Phantom Zone Parramatta also still have copies of BLOOM, as do Comic Kingdom.

STiK

2004-05-12T21:41:00.000+10:00

Phase Two Comics

Want more Aussie comics (including mine? *plug*)? Don't know where to find them? Well, you can get Bloom, as well as the last copies of Little Sally and Flickering Ends at www.phasetwocomics.com! It's an awesome, new site dedicated to connecting the creators with the customers, so go support local comics now!

I'm thinking of putting in some Domino Joe in there later too, so keep your eyes peeled.

STiK

2004-05-05T21:44:00.000+10:00

Supanova & site updates

Supanova came and went on May 1 & 2. I was present at Artist's Alley for the first time and the response was overwhelmingly supportive. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it a great weekend.

That aside, the website has been slightly updated and tweaked with some additions to the gallery and odds and ends everywhere.

Enjoy!

STiK

2004-04-13T00:14:00.000+10:00

DOMiNO JOE

It's been busy, folks! The Kinokuniya exhibition went down well. Page 2 from Bloom is currently on display, so please go and drool at my fine work! That aside, Bloom is featured on the front page of ComicsAustralia with a nice review! Also, I was interviewed by FBi radio about the comic, so keep your ears open!

That aside, let's get to the REAL news! Note the site update with Bloom previews and a new comic called, Domino Joe. Domino Joe is a melancholy love minicomic that's 8 pages in size and will be available in physical form too, so please send in your orders to me via email. Hope you enjoy the comic, even if you don't buy it, because I've kindly put it on the site! (I know, I'm the best).

Enjoy!

STiK

2004-04-01T22:28:00.000+10:00

Where can I get me some escapism in a glossy cover? Bloom's available here!:

Now:
Kings Comics
Comic Kingdom
Phantom Zone Parramatta
Phantom Zone Chatswood

Now/soon:
Kinokuniya
Canterbury youth festival - Apr3, anzac park, campsie, 12-4pm
anime.au - Apr3, Canberra
Supanova - may1-2

Maybes, if interest rises:
Stereo (yea, go demand your copies here! they won't sell it unless people go and show interest in the sample copy there! It has cool kubricks, figures, design mags and clothes too!)
The Comic Shop Liverpool...i'll let you know how it goes, but it's a maybe.

Moi:
contact me at stikman@comicbooks.net me now! NOW!!

2004-03-30T23:32:00.000+10:00

BLOOM IS HERE!

Booyah! My comic is ready, please send orders to me at stikman@comicbooks.net . Otherwise, you can also buy a copy off me on SAT APR 3: Canterbury Council Youth Festival at Anzac park, Campsie (across from Campsie train station) from 12-4pm. It will also be hopefully be available at anime.au in Canberra on the same day.

Preview Page 1
Preview Page 2
Preview Page 3

STiK

2004-03-28T21:58:00.000+10:00

More BLOOM

cover
convention cover

The blank white cover is one I'm planning to sell at cons at about $2-3, where you can get me to sketch you a piccy! Aw, the awesomeness of a convention edition!

BLOOM: is a 24 page, a5 sized, black and white, adventure comic with colour cover.

When the moon invades the sky, it's up to one mistaken and unlikely hero to restore light to the land; Voodoo Bloom!

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SAT APR 3: Canterbury Council Youth Festival at Anzac park, Campsie (across from Campsie train station) from 12-4pm. I'll have a table selling comics, hopefully including Bloom!

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STiK

2004-03-23T00:31:00.000+11:00

BLOOM

My brand spanking new 24 page comic will be out shortly (currently at the printers), so keep your eyes peeled! "Where can you me a piece of this surrealist adventure comic?" I hear you ask? Well:

- Kings Comics
- Kinokuniya
- Supanova
- 2004 Canterbury Council youth festival.

Keep your eyes peeled for news!

STiK

2004-03-17T23:32:00.000+11:00

Voiceworks and 'Once Upon A Time...'

Voiceworks #56 has just been released! It includes my 4 page comic, called 'Rebel Gear,' so you KNOW it's worth it!

I'm very happy with how the printing turned out! (*ahem* but I'm not so happy with the big art mistake I made...and 'no,' I'm not telling!)

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'Once Upon A Time' is a mini comic by Tonia Walden, in which I've written one story and drew another! Bonus!

STiK

2004-03-04T18:28:00.000+11:00

I'm the best! (...almost...)

I've been nominated for best artist over at Ozcomics! Yay, I'm flattered!

STiK

2004-01-29T20:42:00.000+11:00

Printed again!
Stay Puffed #1 printed a piece of fan art I did of their protagonist! Yay for dinosaur costumes!

STiKMAN

2004-01-26T02:00:00.000+11:00

PRiNTED!

Melbourne streetpress, Inpress, has printed my Dandy Warhols pic in their Big Day Out edition, so go check it out! (I haven't seen it, so...doodie).

STiK

2004-01-06T21:20:00.000+11:00

New pic
I have a new Dandy Warhols pic coloured, which you can see here.

It's a biggish file, so watch out, you. I'm not happy about it, but don't know if I'll fix it because I'm a tad lazy and put a little too much time into it. Ah well, I learnt my lessons.

STiK

2003-12-31T14:19:00.000+11:00

Happy New Years Chaps!

Ok, time for an update:

I'm going to have a mention in Ozcomics #3 and some form of work featured in music anthology, the Ink #2. I've had a single panel cartoon published in an Adelaide theatre Newsletter (thanks Mark Selan!).

I finished on a short 4 pager for the very exciting Generation project and redid some panels of Little Sally. I did a "sick" and "gross" Christmas card (wow, I have nice friends...) which I've sent around to everyone :( Sorry.

I'm working on a mysterious 24 pager that I refuse to divulge any info about (looks like it'll blow out, though) and possibly another mini, but that's a big maybe. I'm also working on a short comic for the next Voiceworks.

I've yet to start on my entry for Melbourne's streetpress, Inpress, Big Day Out competition.

See? I've been busy...sort of...

Have a great 2004!

STiK

2003-12-24T18:09:00.000+11:00

Tis the season...

Merry Christmas compadres! Go forth and spread cheer! Go forth and be jolly! Jolly it all the way up!

It's been a year!

STiK

2003-12-15T00:13:00.000+11:00

oekaki
I've become addicted to the strange practice that is 'oekaki.' Here are four attempts in chronological order of attempts:

http://www.pirotess.net/oekakibbs/picture.cgi?mode=link&id=1071222126
http://www.pirotess.net/oekakibbs/picture.cgi?mode=link&id=1071225717
http://www.pirotess.net/oekakibbs/picture.cgi?mode=link&id=1071399455
http://www.pirotess.net/oekakibbs/picture.cgi?mode=link&id=1071401494

STiK

2003-12-09T13:02:00.000+11:00

Smashing Pumpkins
new smashing pumpkins pic to be found in the gallery!

STiK

2003-12-05T00:36:00.000+11:00

Where'd you go?

Behind you! Look out!

I've been working on various projects, most of which are for a variety of different anthologies and others are personal works, all of which you'll hear more about as I near completion or they near release!

Summer holidays here I come,

STiK